Whispering Verse

Miss Chloe stared blankly at the steps extending from her feet to higher places. She seemed to have understood.

Shade then said:

"Mrs. Marquez is your fear of being alone and your unforgettable past experiences. You consider her the most important part of yourself, so you gave her your middle and last names."

After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"So, the thirteen people in your memory are actually you. Divide yourself, and then actively accept and gain yourself. This is the path you choose... The one who is very good at cooking vegetable soup is actually you, then It tastes really good.”

Chloe couldn't help but smile. The twelve golden steps looked much more solid, and at the end of the steps was the dark sky.

"This gentleman."

Shade waved to the cowering man, and the [Origin Darkness] in his pocket automatically flew to Shade's face. The man stood up tremblingly and came to Shade.

Shade held the card in his hand and said:

"In the name of the next owner of [Immanence and Darkness], I forgive your theft."

He patted the man's shoulder and looked at Miss Chloe:

"You have made many mistakes in the past, some of which you find difficult to talk about or even want to recall. Therefore, you transformed the image of this mistake into an image of a man that the witches hate, without even giving him a specific name."

"I......"

Those red eyes looked at Shade.

"But it's not that bad. Because you understand that it's wrong and accept your mistake. This is better than Lakin, who I'm about to face... The evidence of your acceptance of your mistake is that even in Even on the last stretch of the most dangerous journey, you didn’t propose to abandon him, but insisted on taking him here with you.”

Miss Chloe's lips trembled:

"Yes, the last one is the one I least want to face...him, and me too."

The nameless man showed a relieved smile and bowed slightly to Shade, his body emitting a bright golden light. He turned into a series of golden light spots in the light, flew to the top of the witch's twelve steps, and turned into the thirteenth step.

The steps were completely solidified, and Chloe Marcus Marquez, one of the co-founders of Zalas Academy and the strongest thirteenth-level witch of this era, returned to her original posture.

The light from the golden steps illuminated her and Shade's faces, and an expression as if she had just woken up from a dream appeared on the young witch's face. As if she was meeting herself for the first time, she raised her hand to touch her cheek, and then with a He looked at Shade with confused eyes:

"I......"

"Transform your soul and the thirteenth level of the witch into thirteen different images, representing different memories and different obsessions in life. Lost in the snowy mountains, you move forward with them, accept and accommodate them again, and let them Truly become a part of yourself. Until you climb to the highest peak of this snow-capped mountain, from the initial confusion to the final awakening, this is not only a climb of the body, but also a climb of the soul."

Shade looked at her. In this world with the power of mysticism, this approach meant many things:

"Mrs. Marquez and that man represent the last weakness in your heart. The fear of loneliness and guilt in the past. But now, you are willing to accept them instead of killing them, although this can also bring you here... ..You go from complete to scattered, and from scattered to complete, this is your..."

"...the path of the demigods."

Miss Chloe and Shade looked at each other and told the answer that Shade had already guessed. Shade breathed a sigh of relief, this time the story finally came to the end:

"Yes, although this snow-capped mountain is dangerous, there are actually not that many evil spirits. What you encounter, including the devil and the black shadow of death, are all your own distracting thoughts and fears. It is yours to defeat them. An important process for the soul to ascend to its highest peak. Before I appeared, you had successfully accommodated the first eleven selves, and I only helped you solve a small trouble."

Miss Chloe wanted to say something, but Shade interrupted her:

"Lost person in the snowy mountains, have you found yourself at this moment? Can you see the road to the last step?"

Miss Chloe was startled and looked at Shade with some fear:

"Are you actually lying too? They represent the first thirteen levels, and you represent a demigod? A brand new possibility?"

"No, no, no, why do you think so? I mean it."

He held Miss Chloe's hand and let her feel the temperature of his palm:

"Rather than saying that I am you, it is better to say that I am your secret keeper."

Shade looked into her eyes. The two of them stood in the wind and snow on the top of the mountain, with silver snowflakes falling on their shoulders:

"I have met a lot of secret keepers recently, and this time I did the same thing as them. I witnessed and helped your growth and sublimation, inspiring you to move forward, rather than taking you forward. Speaking of which, [Keeping the Secret The successor of [Teacher] actually doesn’t ask to teach others... It’s not important.”

He used one hand to brush away the snowflakes from the shoulders of the silver-haired witch in front of him:

"Miss Chloe, take the final step."

The witch nodded slightly, but did not let go of Shade's hand. There was burning emotion in her eyes:

"Are you leaving?"

Shade calculated the time, and there were still more than three minutes:

"I came here just to help you climb to the highest peak. Although I am very reluctant to let you go..."

He has gradually become accustomed to this kind of separation. In the Sixth Epoch, countless girls have told Shade that everything he has come into contact with and everyone he has known during his travels with the Time Key has long since turned into his hometown. Only a few lines of text are left, as well as the memory that will eventually fade away in Xia De’s heart:

"...But I think it's time to say goodbye. You are a very good girl. Do you remember what I said? There are also witches who are very close to me, but their talents are not as good as yours."

Miss Chloe had a forced smile on her face, her red eyes always looking at Shade:

"Will we meet again?"

Shade felt that he had completely understood the meaning in the witch's eyes.

"I have no idea."

In the blink of an eye, tears streaked down her cheeks, but turned into ice crystals before they hit the ground. She stood on her tiptoes slightly, then held Shade's face and kissed it. The cold lips were something Shade had never tried before, and the ice crystals turned from tears also had a different bitter taste than before.

[Outlander, Witch Reminder Chloe, has been completed. 】

The witch let go of Shade and took a few steps back.

"Well!"

Shade covered his mouth, coughed a few times, and then spit out a transparent ice crystal from his mouth. It is about the size of a quarter of a hand, and although it is oval in shape, the surface of the ice cube has countless tiny planes. Looking at the light on the body, the ice crystals are engraved with dense text.

This is not an extraordinary item, but it seems to be a special item. This is a teardrop frozen by the witch with her own power (note). It is an ice crystal that records the path of a demigod. In addition to Shade's guess, there are more things recorded on it.

This is the last gift, but Shade doesn't know if he can take it away.

Without saying goodbye to Shade, Chloe looked up at the golden steps leading to higher places. Her back was turned to Shade, and the shabby cold-proof robe on her body turned into a gorgeous ice blue dress at some point.

The ice and wind and snow made jewelry and hair accessories for her. Her boots were decorated with ice crystals. The wind rolled up her long silver hair and braided her complicated hairstyle. The thirteenth-level witch carefully lifted up the hem of her gorgeous and heavy skirt, lifted up her boots decorated with diamonds and sapphires, and stepped on the first step.

Where the boots landed, golden light surged like waves, and the light spread to the entire staircase, making it shine like the sun under the dark sky of blizzard. At the same time, in the darkness in the far distance of the silver-white mountain range, a ray of light penetrated the wind and snow and shot straight through.

She climbed up the stairs step by step, reaching the second and third steps. The wind and snow weakened a lot at this moment, and the howling wind stopped, but the snow was still falling all over the sky. Until the wind stopped completely, the bells came from nowhere, and the stirring bells echoed in the vast snow-capped mountains. Along with the bells, some people were even singing softly.

Stepping on the fourth and fifth steps in the snow, when the first ray of light broke through the black fog from a very far distance, the shadow of three full moons appeared for the first time in the dark sky above. The darkness is slowly dissipating, the bright stars are becoming clear from the blur behind the black sky, and the snow-capped mountains are being illuminated.

Stepping on the sixth and seventh steps in the wind, Chloe's whole body exuded golden light, and the majestic power vibrated with the bells in the snow-capped mountains. The starry sky shone because of her, and the snow-capped mountains Bright because of her.

Stepping onto the eighth and ninth steps amidst the sound of bells, the vast starry sky above our heads is fully revealed, with stars twinkling and March resonating. On the top of this snow-capped mountain, the starry sky is so close to the top of the head, as if you can fish out your own stars from the galaxy by raising your hand.

The golden arc of light reverberated from the thirteen golden steps toward the entire snow-capped mountain. Snowflakes flew with the light spots. Shade, who was watching the witch, completely observed the entire sublimation process, and thus obtained the title of "demigod." The witch is still a human being."

Stepping on the tenth and eleventh steps in the light, the witch wearing two different boots continued to go up. Under the sea of ​​​​stars, only gods and outsiders witnessed this unusual scene. The stars were celebrating the birth of demigods. The shaking snow-capped mountains cheered for her.

Shade's eyes reflected the figure of Miss Chloe. He took a long breath, and the white smoke puffed out like a long dragon in the wind and snow.

"Fifth Era, Silver Mountains, Blizzard Night."

There was a voice in Shade's ears, and the god in white robes appeared beside him at some point, and he looked up with him as Miss Chloe walked up the steps of her own.

"The witch Chloe Marcus Marquez has completed the trial of the path to demigods."

Shade took the next sentence. The god smiled and watched the scene in front of him. The pure white light made the snowflakes avoid him spontaneously:

"This is her legend, from one to thirteen, from thirteen to one."

Shade's eyes were fixed on the witch high up, watching her long, shimmering silver hair spread out and fly in the snow:

"The sublimation of flesh and blood and soul represents the end of mortals. This is the highest honor of mortals."

Witch Chloe finally stepped onto the twelfth and thirteenth steps, and the dark golden door appeared at the end of the stairs at some unknown time. She stopped before the last step, then turned to look down.

Shade is still continuing his conversation with the gods:

"I understand everything else, but there is one thing I don't understand: Miss Chloe has completed the sublimation of her body and soul, but this does not mean that she has been promoted to a demigod and does not need the assistance of rituals."

He also saw Miss Chloe looking back at him on the last step, her red eyes filled with golden light:

"I know that climbing a snow-capped mountain is a ritual in itself, but for the last step, don't we need additional ritual materials? After all, we still need some arrangements. Why did she complete the last step empty-handed now?"

The old god [Winter Maiden] did not open her mouth, but her calm voice still reached Shade's ears:

"Maybe the ritual materials themselves are hidden on her person."

Shade nodded. God did not look at him, but still gave him an extra reward:

"You did a great job. Without you, even if she climbed here, she would not be like she is now... I am the god of winter, with the power of seasons and ice and snow, and this comes from two ancient gods. Gods. Among them, ice and snow are also a form of water..."

Shade turned to look at him in surprise, and the old god [Winter Maiden] said softly:

"The wise are like water, and knowledge and wisdom... can be recorded, which requires..."

"recorder?"

God didn't make any expression, as if the conversation just now didn't happen at all.

The white mist came from nowhere and wrapped around Shade's body. The adventure in the winter of 903 of the Fifth Epoch had come to an end. He firmly remembered the hints given by the gods and vaguely had some ideas.

Then while raising his head, he raised his right hand and waved it, bidding farewell to Miss Chloe on the thirteenth step:

"Farewell! Farewell, Miss Chloe!"

He shouted loudly from the top of the mountain. The silver-haired witch closed her eyes, turned around, stretched out her hand, and pushed open the door at the end of the top step. He raised his feet and stepped through the door. The person who stepped into the door was the thirteenth-level witch; amidst the bells and hymns of celebration, what walked out of the door was the demigod witch standing in the air with a brand-new attitude.

Star patterns shimmered on the dress and snowflakes danced around her. Open your arms and face the vast sea of ​​stars and the snow-capped mountains at your feet. The stray light illuminated the night sky, illuminated the Silver Mountains, and also illuminated the path the witch took when she came alone.

When he lowered his head to look at the top of the mountain, only Shade's blurry figure was left standing in the snow:

"Goodbye, Chloe! It's nice to meet you, keep going, you'll never be alone!"

The white mist completely disappeared, and the outsiders who did not belong to this era bid farewell to this time with loud shouts and waving movements.

The god looked at his believers with a smile. The demigod witch Chloe fell from the sky, her braided silver hair flying in the wind. She bowed and asked softly:

"Will I ever see him again?"

"Your reverberation has remained in his soul."

God embraced his believers, and after the snowflakes drifted past and blocked his sight, everything on the top of the Silver Mountain disappeared together. In the wind, the [Everything is Impermanent·Darkness] flew over the lonely mountain top and drifted to the distance of the mountains in the wind and snow.

Perhaps in the distant future, people will find it in the icebergs of the far north, but for Shade, these are all stories that have already happened.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

ps1: I know that pure tears are definitely not enough to form such a large piece of ice, but extraordinary people all have the ability to summon water, and there is no requirement to use their hands to do it. They can also use their mouths. So don't guess in other directions, this is a very serious path to being a demigod.

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